Dhananjaya's ton puts Sri Lanka in unassailable position vs Pakistan

Galle: Dhananjaya de Silva's century along with vital contributions from Dimuth Karunaratne and Ramesh Mendis put Sri Lanka in a virtually unassailable position at the end of fourth day in the second Test against Pakistan at Galle International Stadium, here on Wednesday.

Chasing 508 for a win after Sri Lanka declared their second essay on 360 for 8, Pakistan were 89 for 1 at stumps on Day 4 and need 419 runs on the final day to record a historic run-chase.

It was the partnership between Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva late on day three that bailed Sri Lanka out of trouble from 117/5. On day four, the pair continued to pile on the runs as they dealt with everything Pakistan had to throw at them.

Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 378 (Dinesh Chandimal 80, Niroshan Dickwella 51; Naseem Shah 3-58, Yasir Shah 3-83) & 360/8 (Dhananjaya de Silva 109, Angelo Mathews 61; Naseem Shah 2-44, Mohammad Nawaz 2-75) lead Pakistan 231 (Agha Salman 62, Imam ul Haq 32; Ramesh Mendis 5-47, Prabath Jayasuriya 3-80) & 89/1 (Imam ul Haq 46 not out) by 418 runs.

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